yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] ItsDon:
I figure a good chuck of the Wooters have never heard of XDA or, even if they have they won't bother rooting it, they'll just use (suffer) with it stock. I predict in about a month or so there will be quite a few bargain priced ones on eBay. I'm waiting for those.
[G Tablet General] sudermatt:
My wife will be getting my NookColor....once my woo-Tab comes in.

For all NC converts, I've been doing some reading and we should all realize one big huge difference between the devices is the screen. from what I've been able to determine....Gtab is big, but not nearly as angleviewing friendly.

Just to set expectations properly.
[G Tablet General] roblandon:
Heh. Woo-Tab I like that. Maybe I'll get a custom decal made that says that to replace the "g-tablet" decal on the back.
[G Tablet General] y2k-inc:
bought one too .. but this is my 3rd gtab ... LOL
[G Tablet General] Aawa:
I ordered one of the g-tabs last night for myself. I am going to sell off my Archos 70 IT tablet to help recover some cost of the g-tab.

I know that out of the box that the G-tab is not great. But rooting and installing a custom rom is easy enough. $280 for a tegra 2 cpu and capacitive touchscreen with decent RAM and internal memory, you cant find a better deal for the tablets hardware.

I am by no means a newb to android either. I have rooted my HTC Hero and my Archos 70 IT tablet and have flashed countless ROM's. I am looking forward to playing with the GTab as my Archos 70 left a lot to be desired by way of internal memory and system lag.
[G Tablet General] newbsauce:
I might as well say hey too. Long time android (g1, vibrant) user - first time tablet user. I just hope the individuals who bought this tablet have realistic expectations of the work ahead of them (root/flash) and the drawbacks (screen). Personally I'll take a 280 dollar tablet any day :D
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTTkFC_2pw:D
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
I own both, but kind of regretting the NC ATM as b&n have continuously missed their own update deadlines for 2m now. Also since buying an Archos A43IT I now realize that it's my preferred portable size, while 10" is fine for home.

Now I really hope that ALL of the 3991 based builds are hidden UNLESS these guys come with that or newer...

If the fw on these is 3588 or lower, the noobs should be steered to the pre-3991 mods. Probably should also check partitioning and see if any 1GB ones show up...
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm mulling that over, as well. I'm the only one with a 3991 ("1.2") based mod, at the moment. I might keep it hidden, but I haven't decided yet.

I want to shore up the TwoTapsX documentation first. Some TTx users want to downlevel, and I don't blame them, so that's my first priority. But if 3991 goes live, or similar, then my priorities will change.
[G Tablet General] scoffman71:
Cant wait for this to arrive!! I have been tablet browsing for like a year and just couldnt pass up the deal on woot yesterday!!

Ive gotten great information in the past from this site back when I had my unlocked sidekick!

Cant wait to mod this and gingerbread it!! WOOT
[G Tablet General] pr0cs:
I've been lurking here for a long time, the gTab seemed like a decent device to start with even at $350 but sadly I couldn't pull the trigger. At $280 it gets a lot more attractive, my biggest concern now is that filling all those orders is going to be a logistical nightmare... and that I'll get a dud that won't even turn on so returning it (I'm in Canada) will be a nightmare.

I'm sure there will be a few "this thing sucks" posts after people don't read the instructions well and brick their device but I think all the new people will be good to build a community. IMO Android devices are built around the community. Without people using and participating in testing/developing/experimenting the device is DOA, even if it's the best hardware and software out there. (some of you may remember Amiga history).
[G Tablet General] I burn water:
same here, been lucking the threads for a while tyring to figure out what to buy, then saw the woot and got one can't wait.
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
Way to be the optimist! LOL
[G Tablet General] t001z:
got mine ... now the waiting begins

Well, I bought mine at 12:02 AM on the day they went on sale and immediately found this site (although I had been on here before, just never registered). I figured the first thing I was going to do was to root the thing, so I may as well learn from others.

I have an iPad (version 1) that I won in a contest and my son is getting that since I am a gadget guy, I would rather have the one I can do more tinkering with.

Now it is just a matter of time before the thing shows up and I can start playing around with it...
[G Tablet General] jerdog:
Closing this thread before it gets out of hand.

We do not know anything yet as to this firmware which isn't even released. Until we know something, it's not worth the entire community fracturing and going crazy and stuff.
[Epic 4G General] camarojones:
Seems this is popping up again. I've tried to relace my /system/etc hosts file, and both root explorer and adb show I'm out of memory, with root explorer showing 184k left.

What got changed from eb13 to ec05?

I've searched, and others have had problems, but none of them got into the specifics of how to fix it.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
I got bit by this.

rm some junk

Asphalt5_DEMO_ANMP_Samsung_D700_Sprint_ML.apk
FreeHDGameDemos.apk
[Epic 4G General] camarojones:
Freaking GENIUS!!! I didn't even thing about that. Looks like they added more crap andtook up just enough space to screw me. That 5mb demo is GoNE!....stupid keyboard....

Edit: now that the 5mb file is gone, it freed up enough for my hosts to update, but something wanted that space. I had 2mb free after removing a 5mb file. LOL thanks again!
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
You're welcome!
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
Also, do you need both sprint navigation and google maps?
[Xoom General] diablonyc2:
For everyone using the Xoom data plan and placing it in airplane mode, it may not shut it down. 3x over the past week I have been traveling on the train with my Xoom in Airplane mode and wifi on (was afraid of data usage). Well I was getting "Dings" for email. When i looked, it had full bar on the VZ network and was still in "ON" mode for airplane. Switching Airplane off and on rectified this issue.

Has anyone else experiened this? It is just something to be mindful of.

I returned my Xoom (VZ could not get me hooked up to my VZ) and am getting the wifi one next week.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
Fortunate for me I haven't had this issue
[Xoom General] eatonjb:
Ii have my 3g off all the time,... only turn it on when needed
[Xoom General] kllrnohj:
Since airplane mode is actually supposed to turn off wifi as well, I suspect turning wifi back on can sometimes trigger the radio to activate since you technically are no longer in airplane mode.

That said, if you are normally in a good wifi area I would recommend setting the wifi sleep policy to never if you can.
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
I'm gonna bet anything the bar you saw was actually WiFi and you'd just inadvertently associated with an open WiFi connection while on the train.

FWIW, I've never found my CDMA radio set unintentionally out of Airplane Mode (where my Xoom stays 95% of the time).
[Captivate General] rockingx10:
Hi everyone is this possible? I have a picture file that moves which is a knock out video. Can I run it in my phone background as live wallpaper? If so how?

Thanks
[Captivate General] byteme2008:
You can use a video file as a live background using "Video Live Wallpaper", which is available from the market. It is a free app and works reasonably well with anything I have thrown at it (including video you shoot with the built-in camera). Hope this helps.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glostix:
Hi,

I am searching for a replacement speaker/antenna for the X1A. I've been searching all over, but found nothing related to that :/

My X1 has been soaked by water, from the rain, and my warranty has expired.

Everything else works fine. Just for that bar with the antenna and the speaker :(

Thank you
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agent008my:
a sony ericsson centre might be able to help you fix your phone. however if u dont wanna pay a premium price, u can always try out some other handphone shops who will fix it for a steal.

however if ur bent on fixing it on your own u can either check ebay for replacement parts, or alternately buy the part from any sony ericsson service centre and DIY :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
Well for some reason in 1.5 I just to get almost all notifications from Facebook then after that in 1.5.1 a stop getting then so 1.5.2 came out and no notifications until rite now, I think is weird cause I haven't changed any settings , anyone else getting then ? BTW my iPhone didn't get this notifications which I think is weird cause I always get them too
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
I am making an app that plays sounds in a loop based on a timer. after I exit the program using finish(); the sounds keep playing in background anyway. Any ideas of why this is and how I can fix it (besides having to use a task killer every time)

thanks
[Android Software Development] kllrnohj:
finish() just closes the activity, it does *NOT* close the app. Threads will continue to run, services will continue to run, broadcast receivers will continue to receive, etc...

You need to actually stop/cancel the timer if you want it to stop.

I recommend reading this (and then re-reading it again): http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html and this http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/processes-and-threads.html
[Android Software Development] Dark3n:
The timer probably uses the system timer service, Which calls your sound file again and again.

Stop the timer in the onDestory function of your activity.
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
how exactly do I stop it?
[Android Software Development] Dark3n:
Take a look at the documentation from google. probably something like .stop(timer)

don't know :)
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
heres the code Im using:

// set timer

TimerTask scanTask = null;

final Handler handler = new Handler();

Timer t = new Timer();

scanTask = new TimerTask() {

public void run() {

handler.post(new Runnable() {

public void run() {

// stuff to run goes here

}

}

});

}};

t.schedule(scanTask, 1, 50); // time how often stuff happens

I've tried many ways to kill it but nothing seems to work
[Android Software Development] Dark3n:
Did you try TimerTask .cancel(); ?
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
yeah I tried that but it gives me an error saying "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method cancel() from the type TimerTask"
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
Ok, thank you very much. I had to tweak it a bit but I got it!
[Galaxy Tab General] jaslfc:
Hi all,

i recently updated my firmware and since then my keypad for swype is small (as per my pic attached) i would appreciate if anyone can tell me how to change it to the bigger keypad and still use swype.

thanks in advance

jas
[Galaxy Tab General] ao1er:
Hi,

Did you just flash to Roto's JMI v2 rom? I got into the same situation as you with that rom and unfortunately works best for me than Overcome and Modaco's. May I suggest using SlideIT from market place as alternative to swype?
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
Follow the advice here.

It is against XDA rules to allow Swype to be distributed via any method other than a complete ROM, which is I can't just post the files.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] bthoven:
I believe you can do some setting option to get a big keypad on landscape mode.
[Epic 4G General] youngpro83:
Okay so will any of the themes work on a stock EC05?? For example will a midnight Theme that works for his Custom ROM based EB13 work for a stock EC05 just the same?? Just curious.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
All I can say is the themes for eb13 work on bonsai based on ec05 just fine. Make sure the stock ec05 you have is deodexed though or none will work. If you used the update.zip they wont work

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
Tried honeycomb them. It got stuck on samsung logo. I'm going to assume gingerbread won't work either
[Epic 4G General] dangdang:
Gingerbread theme didn't work for me. It booted but I got a bunch of force closes, no signal and the phone kept vibrating. Glad I made a backup before flasing. :)
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
Listen........if you guys are on stock ec05 that rom is odexed. You need a deodexed stock ec05. I.think konane has a flashable deodexed ec05. Themes work on bonsai 4.0.0 on ec05 cause its deodexed.

Edit: nevermind konanes flashable is odexed too.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Yep, gingerbread completely failed for me and im on bonsai 4.0.0 however i hear honeycomb works???
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
Yeah honeycomb works for me!!!

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] dangdang:
Thats funny. I had gingerbread working for me on bonsai 4.0.0. I am now on EC05 via the update.zip for DI18 and I'm deodexed.
[Epic 4G General] GXnext:
so you are saying you updated.ziped a DI18 deodexed to EC05 and it remained Deodexed? I'm just trying to figure out because all i want is a EC05 Deodexed rfs or deoexed/Pre-rooted rfs rom and I can't seem to find it anywhere.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozten:
I just flashed this rom, and have been trying to connect it to my computer to flash the reccommended radio but everytime i do the settings keeps force closing, and it wont connnect to computer.... What gives???? Posted here as my post count sux
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozten:
reflashed and problem gone weird
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Ryanmo5:
ALL CREDIT GOES TO Brazildiogo732

I don't really care for the HTC messaging app so following the guide somewhat from Brazildiogo732 seen Here I replaced it with the vanilla mms.apk and it works like a charm. Just wanted to share if someone else wants vanilla messenger as well.

1. Using root explorer go into system/app and delete mms.apk

2. Reboot

3. Download mms.apk attached to bottom of post and put on sdcard

4. Install via a file manager and your good to go!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ryanstfl:
screenshot please?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Droopie28:
double please!!!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] knvb7:
Thanks for the apk..I always prefer the stock mms.apk

I have it installed and I can say its working just fine.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] sarashah:
installed and works smoothly.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] orcsbane13:
Wow, I'm shocked that worked. Lol. Tried that on the dinc before and had all kind of issues. But did it just now and works great. Sms and mms work.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] LeoD:
Nice find ty
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] uncjax:
So how is this any better exactly?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] enilm:
Any screenshots? Anyway to go back to original incase I don't like?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jacobk:
ditto, screenshot please!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] orcsbane13:
To make sure you can go back, don't delete mms.apk just rename it to mms.bak. if you want to revert then you would only need to delete mms.apk and rename mms.bak to mms.apk and reboot.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] suzook:
Awsome find! White on black texting AGAIN!! woohoo!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] suzook:
Btw...did anyone notice the black dosnt fill the whole screen? There is a white border around the edges, as if it's for a smaller screen. Anyway to correct this??
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] suzook:
Now I'm having issues. Sometimes my txt get sent 2 to 3 times on the other end...somethings a lil off
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ryanstfl:
Can someone upload the stock MMS.apk? I accidentally deleted mine, which brought me back to this post. It would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you're going to tell me to extract it from a current RUU, I don't know how... please explain.

here's a post of the "vanilla mms.apk"; it has white borders when you open a text, so it's obviously outta place... small bug. if you really like it, no biggie. Please post stock sense mms for me!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Nikolai2.1:
its been known to do that on sense roms
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] prodigyweb:
I have the same issue.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] anant.0097:
Tested on galaxy 3 too.... Works fine....... Also people who have trouble with the black background..... Either disable it from options or you can edit the apk itself!

Sent From My Galaxy 3 With Kyrillos' Rom Version 3.1
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] anant.0097:
Also, it has an option to disable full screen keyboard in landscape which is brilliant if you lower the screen density!

Sent From My Galaxy 3 With Kyrillos' Rom Version 3.1
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] prodigyweb:
disabling it just makes it the opposite and doesn't solve the issue. how do I go about editing it myself?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] suzook:
and everyone is ok with that??? LOL...seems anoyying.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] anant.0097:
Okay.... To fix the issue ..... Decompress the apk...... Change the png for the black background....... This should solve the problem...... But just in case if it doesn't..... Then try the harder method..... Edit the xml file....

Sent From My Galaxy 3 With Kyrillos' Rom Version 3.1
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] chadstone30:
here's a screenshot of the white background weirdness.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] intenselyinsane:
I have noticed that if you unchecked the notification sound and reboot or task kill the app it will re-check .
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] skinien:
Does anyone know how to do this without adb or root explorer? I tried with Terminal Emulator and Astro File Manager and I get a read only error or insufficient permission error.

EDIT: Never mind... found instructions in the original post. Sorry about that.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] wctaylor79:
had this running for a bit, but would force close whenever I would send MMS.. It would send but would still FC the app.. Put stock sense app and handcent back on..
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] spazma7ik:
If anybody is still interested I managed to get this working for me and it looks fine..

Download this Mms.apk:

http ://www .mediafire.com/?lqqt8a5bacqdcso

Use a root explorer (I use super explorer) and go to your app folder, rename Mms.apk to Mms.bak

Then paste this new Mms.apk into that app folder and scroll to the new Mms.apk, click it, install it, voila!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] syrkles:
Doesn't work when I try to delete the stock mms aol any ideas says its read only
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] hogowner:
you in root explore....change the mount (click on it) on the upper right side
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] noisufnoc:
so...this should only be used on de-sensed roms to avoid the bug?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] wisenick:
It works but it's got some problems with the settings and even if you change them back it still goes back to being weird, but personally I can't stand the HTC message app so I still use this
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] atrpm:
thanks, good job guys!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Mystery252:
So is this the only apk that will work or do you think that apk's from other devices (motorola, etc.) will work?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TheStick13:
Wow, this is awesome! Thanks! That stupid slideshow crap was getting REALLY annoying.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TheStick13:
I realize I'm WAY late in posting this, but here's the old .apk file for anybody who needs it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
Hi everybody!

Little question appeared in my head- have anybody heard of replacement of CPU in the g2 or other htc models? Is ot possible?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakkywantstodocrazysht:
Anything is possible with enough tools and knowledge
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
well, i understand that.

but maybe somebody from xda tryed this?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Never heard of it actually attempted but the question has been posed before.

Are you asking about replacing it with the same SOC that came with the G2 or a different one?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
i think a different one, as an idea of maximizing productivity
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heybobitsme:
Afaik, it hasn't been attempted before. The problem is it's not like the socket-based cpu's in pc's. These are system on chip, meaning everything is on them; cpu, gpu, everything, as far as I understand it. In a pc, as you know, these are separate parts that can be readily changed. Plus, no one really knows if the other hardware would be compatible. Then after all that, you need to get the software to work. It's a hell of a job.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
But man would it be cool. True pain in the ass for sure
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
It would be defenetely cool :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bonusbartus:
Well I think it would theoretically be possible to change the CPU if they are pin compatible, which happens often with CPUs from a same series.

BUT

Where would you buy a cpu? what do you think it would cost?

and how would you assemble it on the mainboard, those modern IC's have very small pins/balls underneath it, which you can't just solder!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
I was thinking after reading this yesterday and posting. Since we would be dealing with a SOC the baseband radio would be integrated into it - which means *if* this could be accomplished, it would give us the freedom to literally use a phone on any carrier we wanted will full data access speeds i.e. use the G2 on AT&T '4G'.

Obviously the 'easiest' method would be to use the SOC out of a Desire Z since everything would be the same except for the radio - thus eliminating software issues. Now all we need is a way to deal with the extreme micro scale of all the pins and such.

Now to switch out to say, a Tegra 2 - I doubt the pins match and that goes for any dual core. To go to something like an 8xXX series (are those dual or single?), now that might be possible but as far as single cores go the G2 has IMO the best out there. Sure there are some slightly upgraded 7xXX series processors out there but nothing worth the headache this would bring.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
Its absolutely identical in every way. The radio amplifiers are NOT in the SOC, so this would NOT change the frequency. In addition, wouldn't it be easier to just swap phones than to rip them both apart to trade identical components first?

The 8xxx series is identical. In fact, the 7230 ***IS AN*** 8255, its just **DOWNCLOCKED**. They changed the model id number ONLY.

An 8260 would DEFINITELY NOT be pin compatible, so the limit is 8255, which is pointless.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Well I agree it would be easier to just switch phones, albeit cheaper I was just answering his hypothetical question.

I always figured being a SOC the radio would be itegrated into that, guess that remote purpose for switching out the SOC is out the window.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakkywantstodocrazysht:
As for doing it you would need a micro balling and reflowing station
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Will something like this work for a capacitive touch screen?
[G Tablet General] Enectic:
Couldn't tell you personally but I went with a skinomi after reading alot of good things about it. Only $11.21 too so it's not that expensive.

EDIT: $11.21 with coupon code get25 that is.
[G Tablet General] MasterColdSoul:
Do this! 10char
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mubassmastajoe:
I recently messed up my phone and now I'm stock rooted with orange cwm. I tried some links but I can't find a working link for odin to get back to red. Any help would be appreciated since I've spent two days so far on this.